From: Ilvgrammta@aol.com
Date: Fri Dec 31 1999 - 10:44:48 EST
In a message dated 99-12-31 06:52:01 EST, biblia99@yahoo.com writes:
<< I mentioned Zodhiates, Robertson, Vincent (and I might
have added Vine as well) because these are the works
that pastors have recommended to them, or they have
come across at your typical Christian bookstore.
Perhaps what I should do is to mention these
references, with some appropriate caveats. >>
Paul,
May I just add one other tidbit of information to what Clay and Kevin have
said. When I first started to study Greek formally and in earnest, I
purchased Zodhiates books. They were of great assistance to me at first, but
they soon became inadequate tools for doing any serious study of Greek.
Zodhiates work is strongly theological and is at times idiosyncratic (as
Kevin pointed out). Nevertheless, I think that if his work is used properly,
one can still derive some benefit from his vast experience in Greek. Clay
rightly said that word studies in and of themselves will not produce fruitful
Greek learners. There is much much more to translating than word studies. I
learned that lesson too well in Latin this semester when I translated the
Cena Trimalcionis by Petronius. Its filled with colloquialisms and grammar
that was somewhat new to me. This work clearly showed me that you cannot
simply look up a word and impose a definition upon a text. The same could be
said of studying works like G.W.F. Hegel, who uses a German word "Aufheben"
in a distinct way. It would do one no good to look elsewhere for how Hegel
employs this signifier.
Lastly, I noticed that no one gave you any citations from Zodhiates. Let me
give you a couple, and you can do with them what you will.
"Morphe in Philippians 2:6-8 presumes an [objective] reality. None could be
in the
form (morphe) of God who was not God. Morphe is the reality which can be
externalized, not some shape that is the result of pure thought. It is the
utterance of
the inner life, a life which bespeaks the existence of God" (Zodhiates 937).
"Eirenopoios; The one who makes peace in others having first received the
peace of God in his own heart (only in Matt. 5:9); not simply one who makes
peace between two parties."
"The word parousia (3952), translated "coming" in this verse, basically means
"presence" or "arrival" (1 Cor. 16:17; 2 Cor. 7:7). Thus, the same Jesus who
ascended to heaven will again visit the earth in bodily presence (Acts 1:11)
at the end of the age (Matt. 24:3)" (Ftn. on 1 Thess. 2:19).
Best regards,
Edgar Foster
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